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Oxford Chancellor delivers lecture on  Britain’s relationship with Europe

Chancellor of the University of Oxford, Lord William Hague, delivered the 2026 Europaeum Annual Lecture at the Sheldonian Theatre on 4th November. Hague called for closer UK-EU ties as...

Plans for new public square at Oxford’s Clarendon Centre approved

Oxford City Council has approved plans to transform Oxford's Clarendon Centre into a new public square, with trees, seating, and a water feature.

Pro-Palestine march calls for University’s divestment from Israel

Pro-Palestine protesters marched from Cowley to the Weston Library on Saturday 31st October, demanding...

Oxford Union overhauls voting rules after election scandals

Two forms of identification will be required to vote at the Oxford Union following consecutive instances of electoral fraud involving impersonation.

Cherwell scoops awards nominations

Cherwell nominated for three Guardian Student Media Awards

Living it Up at the Holiday Inn

Oxford Brookes students forced to live in Holiday Inn after accommodation delay.

Shark Tales lands lawyer in hot water

A Clifford Chance 'trainee lawyer' faces disciplinary action following an appearance on Cherwell's flagship 'Shark Tales' show

University of Oxford at number six in world rankings

Oxford has fallen to sixth place in world university rankings, yet six UK universities make the top 20, according to a new global table

Tommy Robinson’s Oxford Union appearance cancelled

The founder and leader of the English Defence League, Tommy Robinson, will no longer appear at the Union’s patriotism debate in November due to security concerns

Oxford scraps postgrad ‘wealth test’

The ‘financial guarantee’ required for admission to postgraduate programmes has been abandoned by the University

Hundreds of university employees on zero hour contracts

Oxford University hires 205 people on ‘zero-hour contracts’, it has emerged.

Lincoln purchases £5.7 million High Street property

Lincoln College has bought a city centre property for new student accommodation

"Boys better at exams" claims Oxford Admissions boss

Mark Nicholson, head of Oxford Admissions, has said that male students outperform their female counterparts in exams because they take more risks.

Eric Pickles’ American Adventure

Oxford student takes cardboard cut-out of Conservative politician with him on his trip through the US

New takes Norrington top spot

New College is revealed to have achieved the best results at finals last year as the preliminary Norrington Table is published.

St Benet’s monastic superior quits after child abuse scandal

The monastic superior of St Benet’s Hall has resigned his post following allegations of covering up child sex abuse whilst headmaster at a prestigious Catholic boarding school

Private school pupils edge state school counterparts

Private school pupils are revealed to be 9% more likely to get a place at Oxford than state school pupils with the same results.

OUSU again voted least popular student union in the UK

Oxford University Student Union scores lowest in the country for ‘student satisfaction’ for a second year running

Council donates bikes to Oxford homeless charity

Oxford City Council is to donate abandoned bicycles to the homeless charity Broken Spoke Bike Co-op

‘Your Kindness Could Kill’ campaign launched in Oxford

A new initiative to combat homelessness in Oxford is being launched over the coming months

Further spanner in works for Port Meadow development

Campaign group granted hearing for a judicial review into the decision to build student accommodation in Port Meadow

An Open Letter to Katie Hopkins

Tyrone Steele argues the case for Tyrones, Tylers and Charmaines everywhere.

Oxford student in Twitter bomb threat

An Oxford student is amongst a number of female journalists to receive bomb threats on the social networking site

OED’s new ‘marriage’ definition to include same-sex couples

The Oxford English Dictionary has announced that it will alter its definition of marriage to include reference to same-sex unions

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